Cologne

Township: Washington

Location:
Coordinates: 40.3576 -85.5209 (Comparison of [S1] and [S7] )
- Northwest Corner of Township [S2 page 299] -
1874: "Cologne P.O." (Sec. 13, west side) - [S9, page 18] -

Other Names: Cologne Post Office [S2 page 299] -

Date Platted:

Maps:
1870: Cologne [S7] -
1874: "Cologne P.O." (Sec. 13, west side) - [S9, page 18] -
1876: [S6] -

Post Office Data: [S4 page 917] -

Post Office Established: 20 Dec 1870
Post Office Closed: 2 Jun 1884

Postmasters: [S4 page 917,] -

Morris Jones -- 20 Dec 1870
William Howard -- 18 Mar 1874
Joseph F. Howard -- 7 Dec 1876
John W. Stokes --18 Apr 1877
Henry A. Jones -- 12 Sep 1877
Allen Oxley -- 19 Oct 1877
Thomas C. Acher -- 26 Feb 1879
Samuel D. Achor -- 18 Feb 1881
William Ladd -- 25 Aug 1881
PO closed -- mail to Summitville, Madison County -- 30 Aug 1882
William Miller -- 6 Jun 1882
Samuel D. Achor -- 12 Oct 1882 (second appt)
George R. Brown 24 Oct 1883
Thomas Ladd -- 12 May 1884
Post Office Closed: 2 Jun 1884 Mail to Summitville, Madison County

Sources: [S3 page 226] - [S4 page 917] - [S5 page 102,] -

"Culbertson's Corner, in the southwest part of the township, and Cologne Post Office, in the northwest, are small post office villages." [S2 page 299] -

"... located three miles west of Wheeling. While not large in size, there was a post office in Cologne ..." [S8]

"... Cologne Post office in the northwest corner . . . of Washington township." [S5, p 102]

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Google Maps: Search: 40.3576 -85.5209

Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976.

United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875.

Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976.

Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, 1984.

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Cologne, Washington Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Washington Township, Delaware County

Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000.

Doc2847.pdf

Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

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"Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood", Richard A. Greene. Muncie Star, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.

- 3 June 1955: http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GrnRchOrNgh/id/7596/rec/3
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S11

"Our Neighborhood" by Bill Spurgeon. The Muncie Star, (Muncie, Indiana), 15 Feb 1994, page 4A

S12

Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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